Controller

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Job Type

Full-time

Description

POSITION SUMMARY

The Controller is accountable for the administrative, financial, and accounting operations of the company, to include the development of a financial and operational strategy, and the ongoing development of control systems designed to preserve company assets and report accurate financial results.

Primary Accountabilities

Achieve Results

• Assist the CEO and President in formulating the company’s future direction and supporting tactical initiatives
• Monitor and direct the implementation of Accounting and Financial plans
• Manage the budgeting process
• Report performance measures that support the company’s strategic direction
• Directly oversee bookkeeping function for the company
  
  

Operational Excellence

• Participate in key decisions as a member of the Executive Team
• Maintain relations with all members of the management team
• Implement operational best practices
• Manage through the leadership team both income and expenses related to the budget as it relates to inventory, payroll and building expenses.
• Manage all contracts with vendors both inventory and operational.
• Ensure that leaders are meeting budget expectations both with income and expenses
  
  

Relationships

• Establish and ensure collaborative, supporting relationships within the entire organization.
• Establish and maintain positive, effective relationships with key resources, including external vendors and suppliers, customers, and related strategic partners. These relationships include, but are not limited to: IT, human resources, legal, banking and tax.
• Manage all financial partner relationships, both locally and nationally.
• Maintain an environment that is conducive to open communication and instruction.
  
  

Financial

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS/ Key Competencies

• Ensure that accounts payable are paid in a timely manner
• Ensure that all reasonable discounts are taken on accounts payable
• Ensure that monthly bank reconciliation and balance sheet reconciliations are completed
• Ensure that required debt payments are made on a timely basis
• Maintain the chart of accounts
• Maintain an orderly accounting filing system
• Maintain a system of controls over accounting transactions
• Reconcile and report daily sales in POS to cash and credit card deposits
• Maintain tax-keeping records both state and federal
• Issue timely and complete financial statements
• Calculate and issue financial and operating metrics
• Manage the production of the annual budget and quarterly forecasts
• Calculate variances from the budget and report significant issues to management
• Provide financial analyses as needed, in particular for capital investments, pricing decisions, and contract negotiations
• Monitor cash balances and cash forecasts
  
  

Requirements

EDUCATION

• Bachelor Degree with CPA preferred
  
  

Experience

• Demonstrated success as a retail sales/operations leader within an organization of similar size, scope, and complexity. Experience in retail management preferred.
• Must possess a strong understanding of customer relationship building, and selling that will result in exceeding expectations of our discerning clientele.
• Ability to develop and train work force, build relationships, utilize skills of workforce most appropriately.
• Must demonstrate strong skills in marketing and public relations.
• Proven success in adjusting priorities and managing time wisely in a fast-paced environment.
• Must demonstrate above average skills in communication, team management, conflict resolution, motivation, problem solving, organization and self-motivation.